IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Women die in child birth now pretty regularly.
Modern medicine has greatly improved things but giving birth is pretty crazy.
Beyond all the defects and things you talk about human babies are absolutely helpless for 5 years at a minimum and need parental care until about 15 years.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 day ago
Eh, need is a strong word past maybe 6-7. Humans aren’t as dumb as many adults would make you think.
… Not to say they’d be well off, nor would such a life be easy by any means, but like… if an animal can survive in the wild, we usually say they’re fine, even if they’ll live 1/3rd as long in the wild as in captivity.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
A six year old feeding and caring for itself? Come on man.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 1 day ago
There are plenty of accounts of children surviving in the wilderness for shockingly long periods of time. Sure, they’re not well fed and without disease in most cases, but that happens in the wild a lot more than most people care to contemplate.